You might just be able to get the best of both worlds by travelling around the world and helping people by volunteering. It’s not always that simple, but in Episode 33 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks with three guests who have volunteered across several continents with a huge variety of organisations.

First up, she chats with Serena Star-Leonard who started off a project to create videos of great projects in a school in the slums in northern Colombia - in a place where most taxi drivers refused to take them.

Working with animals instead of kids, Amanda then talks to Diana Edelman who spent several years helping out at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, a place that now gratefully accepts volunteers for short or long stints and does amazing work helping elephants.

Finally, Amanda moves to agriculture with Audrey Wanders and her discussion of WWOOFing around the world and her experience of volunteering on organic farms, and wanting to do more.

Links:
Thoughtful Travellers Facebook Group
Serena Star-Leonard’s Retire in 12 Months project
Travel Kids Club
D Travels Round
Elephant Nature Park
Diana’s post - The Truth About Riding Elephants in Thailand
Surin Elephant Round up post from Bounding Over Our Steps 
Audrey Wanders
WWOOF main website
Join our Facebook group
Tweet me @amandakendle
Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod
Chat on Facebook

You might just be able to get the best of both worlds by travelling around the world and helping people by volunteering. It&rsquo;s not always that simple, but in Episode 33 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks with three guests who have volunteered across several continents with a huge variety of organisations.
First up, she chats with Serena Star-Leonard who started off a project to create videos of great projects in a school in the slums in northern Colombia - in a place where most taxi drivers refused to take them.
Working with animals instead of kids, Amanda then talks to Diana Edelman who spent several years helping out at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, a place that now gratefully accepts volunteers for short or long stints and does amazing work helping elephants.
Finally, Amanda moves to agriculture with Audrey Wanders and her discussion of WWOOFing around the world and her experience of volunteering on organic farms, and wanting to do more.
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thoughtful Travellers Facebook Group</a></li>
<li><a href="http://in12months.com">Serena Star-Leonard&rsquo;s Retire in 12 Months project</a></li>
<li><a href="https://travelkidsclub.com">Travel Kids Club</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dtravelsround.com">D Travels Round</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.elephantnaturepark.org">Elephant Nature Park</a></li>
<li>Diana&rsquo;s post - <a href="http://www.dtravelsround.com/truth-about-riding-elephants-in-thailand/">The Truth About Riding Elephants in Thailand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.boundingoveroursteps.com/surin-elephant-roundup-behind-the-scenes/">Surin Elephant Round up post from Bounding Over Our Steps&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://audreywanders.com">Audrey Wanders</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wwoof.net">WWOOF main website</a></li>
<li>Join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers">our Facebook group</a></li>
<li>Tweet me @amandakendle</li>
<li>Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina">Chat on Facebook</a></li>
</ul>

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

Tales from travel-lovers about why we travel and what we learn from it.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

In Episode 33 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks with three guests who have volunteered across several continents with a huge variety of organisations.